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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in e-learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these important new open education experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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